From time to time bLOGOS/HA HA refers to the "Two Truths" : co-existing relative truth (self and other; dualism) and absolute truth (emptiness of inherence)
Elvis & The Two Truths
'The Act of Looking' as a Verb
LOGOS/HA HA : MASTERPIECE
emptyful labeLABELabel practice - A Praise to the Two Truths : Ethel Spowers / BLACK BATS / MelbourneWe've just read a most succinct expression of this by Seth Segall at The Existential Buddhist.
In On Hakuin, Hotei, and Mice, he writes :
There’s a Zen story about Hotei. When asked “What’s the significance of Zen?” he put his sack down on the ground. When then asked “What’s the actualization of Zen?” he picked his sack back up and walked away. Clever Hotei! The very essence of Zen — letting go and dropping off whatever we’re holding. The very actualization of Zen — drawing water and chopping wood. Hotei lives life at the crosshairs of the Absolute and the Relative. A lot like Hakuin himself...So beautifully put : to live at the crosshairs of the Absolute and Relative.
Here's an earlier such Live at The Crosshairs recording, after a scroll by Miyamoto Musashi (1584 - 1645), Hotei regards Two Fighting Cocks :
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA